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Department of Justice

Published
August 31, 2022

LePage, other leading Maine Republicans, silent on revelations Trump had trove of secret documents

Paul LePage, Bruce Poliquin and the state party decline to address recent developments, including possible obstruction, while Sen. Susan Collins condemns violent threats against FBI and federal prosecutors.
Published
August 31, 2022

Five things we learned from the latest filing on the Trump Mar-a-Lago search

The Justice Department provided more support for its decision to search former President Donald Trump’s premises at Mar-a-Lago.
Published
August 30, 2022

Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers, Justice Department says

A Justice Department filing suggests advisers to former President Donald Trump misled officials trying to recover sensitive and top secret papers from Mar-a-Lago.
Published
August 30, 2022

Garland bans campaign activity by Justice Department political appointees

With the agency under attack ahead of midterm elections, the attorney general says political appointees cannot attend campaign events at all.
Published
August 26, 2022

FBI: Trump mixed top secret documents with magazines, other items

A just-released 32-page affidavit, even in its redacted form, underscores the volume of sensitive government documents located at Mar-a-Lago and reveals FBI concerns that the records were being retained illegally.

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Published
August 19, 2022

Justice Department memo on Russia probe was wrongly withheld under Barr, court rules

Friday's appeals court decision said the internal Justice Department memo noted that Special Counsel Robert Mueller 'had declined to accuse President Trump of obstructing justice but also had declined to exonerate him.'
Published
August 18, 2022

Judge signals he’s willing to unseal some of Mar-a-Lago search affidavit

He is giving the Justice Department 7 days to redact the detailed document in a way that would not undermine its ongoing investigation if made public.
Published
August 11, 2022

Justice Department asks court to unseal search warrant for Mar-a-Lago

Attorney General Merrick Garland says he personally approved the search warrant at Donald Trump's Florida home.
Published
August 9, 2022

Mar-a-Lago search appears focused on whether Trump team withheld government property

Officials became suspicious that when Trump gave back items to the National Archives about 7 months ago, either the former president or people close to him held on to key records.
Published
August 2, 2022

U.S. sues Idaho over abortion restrictions, says law requires medical treatment

The announcement is the first major action by the Justice Department challenging a state trigger law since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.